Lignite, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight as near-calm winds and zero solar drive 13.3 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 28%
34%
Renewable share
4.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.5 GW
Total generation
-13.3 GW
Net import
116.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.2°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
453
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers issuing thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 7.5 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing orange-lit turbine halls; hard coal 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial coal-fired station with a tall square chimney and conveyor belts faintly illuminated by sodium lamps; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a modest stack and warm amber-lit loading area in the right-centre; wind onshore 3.2 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a low ridge at the far right, rotors barely turning in still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbine lights on the far horizon; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam and powerhouse at the right edge, water faintly reflecting facility lights. The sky is completely black with heavy 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a deep oppressive canopy pressing down on the scene, conveying the high electricity price. The season is early spring: bare branches on scattered birch trees, patches of new grass barely visible in artificial light. Temperature is cool at 8°C, with a faint ground mist curling around the base of the cooling towers. All facilities are lit by harsh sodium-yellow and white industrial floodlights casting sharp shadows. The entire atmosphere is heavy, dense, industrially brooding. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of indigo, charcoal, burnt umber, and sulphur yellow — visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.